Medical waste disposed properly (4/17/13)

The only medical office in Fleetwood is the Fleetwood Medical Center, where all medical syringes are disposed of in Occupational Safety and Health Administration-approved and controlled containers.

When the medical waste is picked up on a regular basis, the containers are sealed and packaged in OSHA-approved boxes, which again are sealed before they are removed from the property in a locked truck by a certified biohazard disposal company.

The syringes found in the borough could not have fallen from a truck that was carrying properly disposed medical waste.